Stevenses Charged in Conspiracy and Fraud Scandals
Indictments accuse James W. Stevens and two sons of conspiracy and embezzlement in the collapse of Illinois Life Insurance Co. Loans to the family and $1.25 million in dividends aided by a $7 million 1930 deficit are cited. The case ties to the Stevens Hotel era and Chicago holdings now in receivership.
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James W. Stevens
Tinois Life Insurance Coam‘Bany
Sinois Lite
Stevens
Colchester
Michigan Boulevard
LaSalle
Lincoln Securities Company
Stevens Holdings
Democrats Bendlocked Over Beer in Missouri Hearing
The Missouri House heard a lengthy debate on repeal of the McCawley law with a crowded chamber and long remarks. Democratic mayoral candidates Dickman and Duggan spoke for repeal while opponents argued for restrictions. Proponent P A Tate criticized the 3.2 percent beer by weight as misrepresenting alcohol content. Speakers from labor and church groups urged caution against liquor interests shaping policy.
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House
James A. Rowel
Kansas City
Brewers
Roberts
Forest A. Lowey
Tower Grove Baptist Church
St. Louis
Bakery Manager Slain in Kansas City Robbery
Phillip Phillips, 45, a bakery manager, was shot and killed during a nighttime robbery in Kansas City. He reportedly fired during the hold up, wounding the robber, who fled with a companion after the confrontation.
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City
Fed
Phillip Phillips
Phillips
Ford Sees 0.5 Rise as New Prosperity Era Looms
Henry Ford predicts a shifting era of prosperity driven by progress through industry. He dismisses the idea of a durable technocracy and envisions the machine age advancing beyond today’s dirt, noise, and human rights neglect, calling the current period a recovery and the boom years a bygone era. He contrasts past boom times with a coming era where people work with purpose and thought, signaling a broader transformation in industry and society.
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Fife
Jife
Ford
New Election Assured for German People
After the Nazi cabinet swore in, German political tension rose as Nationalists suffered a poor showing in Lippe. Demands to suppress Communists and aid veterans circulated while clashes between Nazis, Communists, and radicals left several dead and many wounded. A Reichstag dissolution via decree loomed, with a March election likely within 69 days.
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Hitler
Lippe
Aue
Sotia
Luebeck
Homburg
Ramburz
Senate panel backs bills on court terms and finance powers
Senators Bales Clark Joffee and Morgen push 20 economy bills. A finance department transfer bill was not in measure. Senate judiciary committees favorably reported a bill by Senator Phil Donnelly to shift Supreme Court regular terms from September and April to October and May.
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Paget
Lon
Finance Department
Bales
Clark
Joffee
Morgen
Senate Judiciary Committees
Phil J. Donnelly
Supreme Cour
Deaths enormous in undeclared war between Bolivia and Paraguay
Arthur E. Eliott, American missionary and president of the International College at Asuncion, reports in a letter from Buenos Aires that the undeclared war over the Gran Chaco has reached enormous proportions with thousands killed and many more dying of thirst starvation and disease. Each country has about 50 000 men under arms.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Arthur E. Eliott
Paraguay
International College At
Asuncion
Bolivia
Gran Chaco
Trio sentenced for Illinois arson fire in Gen tralia case
Charles Silver a former Centralia furniture dealer and two alleged members of a southern Illinois arson ring Lewis Boltzman and Jack Randall pleaded guilty in Circuit Court to arson connected with the Gen tralia fire last May The three were sentenced to one to ten years in the Southern Illinois penitentiary by Circuit Judge Roy Dove
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Salem, TL
Charles Silver
Centralia
Lewis Boltzman
Jack Randall
Gentralia
Southerninois
Dudge Roy Dove
Spitale and aide freed of homicide suspicion
New York February charges of suspicion of homicide against Salvatore Spitale and Irving Bitz, who hunted for the Lindbergh baby, were dismissed today by Magistrate HK. Stanley Renaud in homicide court. The two had been held in connection with the fatal shooting of 22 year old Antonio Fontaino last August.
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New York
Salvatore Spitale
Irving Bitz
Lindbergh
Stanley Renaud
Antonio Fontaino
Opposition to reductions in Child Hygiene Division funds
The Missouri League of Women Voters voiced opposition at convention to a proposed $275,000 biennial appropriation for the Child Hygiene Division of the State Health Department. League members said the reduction would be the lowest for child hygiene in ten years and urged restoration.
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Missouri League of Women Voters
League
Ees
Missouri Pacific Receives 3 Million Reconstruction Loan
The Missouri Pacific Railroad is granted a 3 million dollar loan by the Reconstruction Corporation to help meet due interest payments totaling several million dollars. The loan amount is below the company’s request and below the 3,800.00 approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission last week. Details of the loan are undisclosed. Dues due today include 149,920 on the Pacific Railroad of Missouri first mortgage, 1,976,012 on the Missouri Pacific first and refinancing mortgage, 172,899 on equipment trust certificates, 5,920 on the Plaza Olive Building mortgage, and 247,750 on the New Orleans Texas and Mexico mortgage.
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Washington
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Reconstruction Corporation
Interstate Commerce Commission
Missouri Pacific
Pacific Railroad of Missouri
Plaza-Olive
St. Louis
New Orleans
Texas
Mexico
Marr Death Tied to Bandits Near Pleasanton
Pleasanton Kansas February reports say an overcoat believed to be Luther D Marrs with a brown lightweight coat found on a mailbox near the murder scene. Police consider two theories including a hitchhiker motive after Marrs warned of possible danger on a mortgage sale trip. A postcard from Mount City describes a hitchhiker incident and a car chase as possible links to the slaying.
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Kas
Luther D. Marr
Simi
John Fletcher
Iva Abbey
Tenstable
Abbey
Frisco
Pulte Farm
Frisco Station
Kansas City
Kansas
Mount City
Columbus
Matt
Bank Robbers Tie to Stigler After North Kansas City Heist
Investigation traces $14,000 bank messenger robbery to a group of gunmen who fled to Stigler Oklahoma after kidnapping two Fort Smith police, then leaving a damaged car and evidence including a 43 calibre revolver, shells, a bloodstained shirt, a shoe heel, and torn overalls near the slain hitchhiker Marr. The robbers released the two officers and fled, with a rifle used on the trip found at the scene.
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Kansas City
Stigler
Okla
Fort Smith
Ark
Marr
Welfare Proceeds From Boxing Card Benefit County
Part of the proceeds from an amateur boxing event at Jefferson Theater next Tuesday evening will go to the County Welfare Department. Petter James announced the offer from the physical estate professor and said the welfare funds are nearly exhausted. James plans to continue promotions through winter, spring and summer with a portion of proceeds paid to welfare after each match.
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Jefferson Theater
Petter James
James
Aviator Gustav Lilienthal Dies at 83
Berlin reports Gustaf Lilienthal a pioneer in German aviation and brother of Otto Lilienthal died at 83. The Lilienthal brothers conducted aviation experiments in the 1890s focusing on a birdlike machine with flapping wings. Otto died in 1896 when a plane crashed.
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Berlin
Gustav Lilienthal
Otto Lilienthal
Lilienthal
Otto
End Coughs and Colds With Creomulsion Emulsified Creosote
Persistent coughs and colds are touted to end with Creomulsion, an emulsified creosote preparation. The ad claims two fold action: soothe inflamed membranes and inhibit germ growth, with creosote absorbed and attacking the illness. guarantees satisfaction or money back after following directions.
Two Men Die in Ireland Mail Train Derailment
A Dublin to Belfast mail train derailed near Oromiskin killing a Dublin office clerk and Dublin railwayman James Mac Williams. Rails reportedly ripped up, likely by strikers, with fatalities confirmed today in Belfast.
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Northern
Inkland
Oromiskin
Dublin
James Mac Williams
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